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Welsh ice dancer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Owen Edwards (born 21 July 1987) is a Welsh retired ice dancer who competed for Great Britain. With Louise Walden, he won gold at the 2010 Ice Challenge, 2010 International Trophy of Lyon, and 2011 British Championships. They competed in the final segment at two ISU Championships – 2011 Worlds, where they finished 20th, and 2012 Europeans, where they placed 13th.
Owen Edwards | |
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![]() Walden and Edwards in 2009. | |
Born | Wrexham, Wales | 21 July 1987
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Figure skating career | |
Country | ![]() |
Partner | Louise Walden Zelda-Aurora Roper Lindsey Woolstencroft Naomi Hitchmough |
Coach | Galit Chait Muriel Boucher-Zazoui Romain Haguenauer Olivier Schoenfelder Joan Slater |
Skating club | Deeside ISC |
Began skating | 1995 |
Retired | 2013 |
Walden and Edwards began skating together in June 2006.[1] They made their international debut in October 2008 at the 2008 Karl Schaefer Memorial in Vienna, Austria, where they placed 8th. Between April 2008 and September 2012, they were based at CSG Lyon International Skating Academy in France, where they were coached by Muriel Boucher-Zazoui, Romain Haguenauer and Olivier Schoenfelder.[2] They won the British national title in the 2010–2011 season.[3] At the 2011 World Championships in Moscow, they qualified to the final segment and finished 20th overall.
Walden/Edwards placed 13th at the 2012 European Championships in Sheffield, England. In September 2012, the duo moved to Hackensack, New Jersey, to train under Galit Chait. In May 2013, the couple took to their official website to announce their retirement from competitive skating.[4]
Walden and Edwards were ranked 5th in the 2009/2010[5] UK national rankings and 2nd in 2010/2011.[6]
Edwards works as a skating coach in the UK.[7]
(with Walden)
Season | Original dance | Free dance |
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2011–2012 [8][9] |
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2010–2011 [10] |
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(with Walden)
International[11] | |||||||
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Event | 06–07 | 07–08 | 08–09 | 09–10 | 10–11 | 11–12 | 12–13 |
Worlds | 20th | ||||||
Europeans | 13th | ||||||
Cup of Nice | 5th | 5th | |||||
Ice Challenge | 11th | 1st | 6th | 11th | |||
Karl Schäfer | 8th | ||||||
Nebelhorn | 12th | 10th | |||||
NRW Trophy | 7th | 6th | 7th | ||||
Ondrej Nepela | 7th | 8th | 8th | ||||
Pavel Roman | 7th | ||||||
Trophy of Lyon | 1st | 3rd | |||||
Universiade | 13th | 5th | |||||
National[11] | |||||||
British Champ. | 5th | 4th | 3rd | 5th | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
Welsh Champ. | 1st |
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